Montgomery, AL --- One day after having its franchise-tying 10-game winning streak, the Carolina Mudcats bullied the Montgomery Biscuits 13-0 to even the series Friday night at Riverwalk Stadium.
Carolina (17-4) mashed four homers and four doubles within a 19-hit night that saw all Carolina starters collect at least one hit. Josh Johnson (W, 4-1) became the second four-game winner in the Southern League, working seven shutout innings on just three hits to earn the victory.
The ambush began early for the Mudcats, who improved their minor league best record to 17-4. Jeremy Hermida hit his league-best 8th homer to the opposite field in the first inning. Carolina scored twice in the second against Jason Cromer (L, 3-2) on a double to right by J.C. Muniz and a sacrifice fly by Rex Rundgren. The Mudcats tacked on three in the third on a two-run single by Todd Sears and a single by Chris Ashby.
Muniz hit his first professional homer in the fifth against Cromer to jump the lead to 8-0.
Carolina scored five more times in the eighth against reliever Sam Walton thanks to homers by Ashby and Robert Andino.
Luke Lockwood and Ryan Baker each pitched a scoreless inning to complete Carolina's fourth shutout of the season.
The 2003 draft's top choice, Delmon Young, who went 1-4 and was called out three times in a row, was ejected in the ninth for arguing strike three, then bumped the home plate umpire following being tossed.
Eight different Mudcats had multi-hit games, paced by three from Sears and Ashby.
Scott Olsen (2-0, 3.05) starts Saturday night against Montgomery's Scott Autrey (1-3, 7.91) at 8:05 PM ET.
CAROLINA 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 5 0 --- 13 19 1 8
MONTGOMERY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 3 1 4
WP - Johnson (4-1)
LP - Cromer (3-2)
S - None.
HR - Hermida (8), Muniz (1), Ashby (2), Andino (1)
Time: 2:23
Att: 5,402
